Saturday, March 14, 2015

17 de Marzo

well here i am in the
ciber. i got transfered on wednesday. it went super crazy. they told me i
was going south, so i returned to viña, saw some old companions. then when
president called my name, he looked suprised iwas there. he then said there was
a mistake in the call and i was going to train in la serena. most northern
part of the mission. its super different than salamanca, the weather and
sun is like california. im no longer in the hot sun. the ward is
huge, and i feel like im in the united states here. not only that but they feed
lots and always give us ice cream. the members are nice.

my trainee has one
transfer in the field, and we are getting to know the area together. weve
foound some good familes incomplete and weve already recieved references.
i guess ill learn how to work with a big ward now so that will be a
change.

my companions name is
hermana weist and shes from california. its fun to be with a gringa.

the chapel is huge...

we are teaching a less
active family who wants to get their 8 year old baptized. we invited them to
church on saturday and they came! it was cool. one of the boys has 18 years and
we want him to serve a mission. hes gave a really cool prayer-we talked
about the tree of life, and he prayed that they would be able to go to church
the next day. stud.

we then have an
investigator named luis. apparently he was grumpy and always prayed to
his mom before, but we got him to pray in the name of Jesus Christ, so that was
cool. he believes in lots of science-which of course is interesting, but hes
super confused. anyways, he came to church yesterday and said he wants to come
back next sunday. lots of members are willing to help.

its always cloudy here
and its super weird.

someone told us there
was an earthquake 18 hours north. craaazzzyyyy.

its so weird. everyone
here talks in english and someone fed us brownies there other day. i felt like
i was in my house.

i woke up this morning
with a sore throat...ew. i think its because im not use to the cold.

well yeah! thats it.
love you all.

-hermana hanks

pictures-

mostly of la serena, our
house,(yes we live in a house!) and my bed...